Across the United States, hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients have reached an all-time high. In Washington state, the story goes the same. As of Saturday, there are a record 762 people receiving care for the virus and now all hospitals are working to figure out ways to keep beds available. “I am very, very worried about it,” said Cassie Sauer, CEO of the Washington State Hospital Association.
Earlier this week, leaders from each hospital in the state began looking at ways to make sure they have room to care for COVID-19 patients as the hospitalization rate climbs.
“Every hospital is now making a plan for how they’re going to cancel elective surgeries so they’re looking at their cases, especially those that would require long hospital stays after surgery and making plans that they may need to cancel those,” said Sauer.